prosurfactant

English

Alternative forms
  • pro-surfactant

Etymology

pro- +‎ surfactant

Adjective

prosurfactant (not comparable)

  1. That promotes the formation of surfactants, especially in lung tissue
    • 2016 February 10, “Heat Shock Protein 27 Plays a Pivotal Role in Myofibroblast Differentiation and in the Development of Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      A rabbit antibody to prosurfactant proteins-C (proSP-C) and a rabbit antibody to OPN were purchased from Millipore (Temecula, CA) and Rockland (Limeruck, PA), respectively.
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